Retinal involvement and ocular findings in COVID-19 pneumonia patients

CT Scan Findings in Patients with COVID-19

Background and purpose: Lung involvement is highly important in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and CT scan plays a major role in diagnosis and treatment of patients. This study investigated a large sample size of COVID-19 patients who performed CT scan. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was done using the CT scan findings of all suspected, probabl...

Hematology findings in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

In December 2019, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in China, became the center of an outbreak of pneumonia with unknown etiology. By 7 January 2020, Chinese scientists have isolated a new coronavirus from patients with viral infectious pneumonia, the Coronavirus 2 Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), previously called 2019-nCoV. The disease was later diagnosed as coronavirus 2019 (COVID...

Association between Laboratory Findings and Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 in Mashhad, Iran

Background and Objective: COVID-19 has enforced high burden on health systems universally. To better allocate limited health equipment, we aimed to investigate the prognostic impacts of laboratory parameters. Materials and Methods: All SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted to Imam-Reza University Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, during three COVID19 peak periods in Iran (March to April 2020, July to August, an...

The effect of body indexes on presence of ocular symptoms in covid-19 patients

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the presence of ocular symptoms was common in COVID-19 patients, which can cause secondary complications in the treatment of ocular diseases. On the other hand, obesity can cause secondary symptoms in infectious diseases by impairing the function of the immune system, which indicates the relationship between involvement of different tissues and dysfunct...

Introducing an index to predict lung involvement deficiency in hypertensive patients with COVID-19